Would there be any reason for major fuel consuption, like a fifth of a tank more than usual? My riding habits haven't changed, if anyhting, i'm going slower since my crash... but hmmmm. Doesn't look like a leak...

Oh, and my speedo rattles!

ONE MORE QUESTION:

How is a fuel light engaged in a car, is a float within the tank, or what? Mine doesn't seem to be working.. i've tried the usual, lean the bike right over both ways, and zip, zilch, zero. No light, no nuthin. So i switched the neutral light and fuel light to see if the bulb worked. It did. Help! ( if you can)

If anyone reading this topic recognizes a problem, feel free to speak-up.

Ahh, the sparkplug, get through them like christ knows what on a 2 - stroke (lol)

Just rplaced the filter last week, so it shouldn't be that...

No smell of 'gas' while riding, and it's not fuel injected, i think

And err, i don't have a gas guage... It's a spanish import pit / racing style bike, and they don't build 'em with fuel guages....

I chacked all the wiring upon purchase of the bike, like the temp guage, neutral light, high/low beam/ signals.... and all that jazz, seemed to work fine. Is there any way i can check to see if the light will come on? Like when i wanted to check if my temp guage worked (i thought it was faulty, my engine temp always seemed to low t be true, then i remembered i was water cooled hehe so i grounded (or somethin) some wire or another (under instruction of my father, and the temp needle shot right up. Any similar procedures with this?

Plenty of time over the next few days, if all else fails i'll drain it out and have a looksee.

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I presume the sending unit is mounted on the bottom of the tank. Drain the tank & pull the sending unit, (leave the wiring connected) then you'll probably need a ground wire from it to a bare spot on the engine (A cooling fin on the cylinder works

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Actually just did about all that can be done for a tuneup. But the spark timing is a little early and when I turn the car off it doesn't hold any fuel pressure. So I turn the car off and all of the fuel in the line sprays into the intake manifold. The spark plug fires before it is supposed to and burns the fuel before it is supposed to.

I think it's kinda cool though. Especially if I get it at the right time, it's pretty audible.

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Why not. If you can solve this, I'd love you forever. (My dad and I, and the local Jeep dealership, and the Jeep Forums don't have a clue).

I have a 96 Jeep Grand Cherokee (4.0 I6, AT) It hesitates sometimes. You will hit the gas and it will go, but not above 25 MPH. It sounds like it's missing sometimes, but not always. Now, we replaced the transmission filter, no debris. We put new plugs, wires, O2 sensor, exhaust (cat & muffler) and the Power Train Control Module (PCM) has been reset twice.

We found a TSB from Chrysler on an issue like mine that requested the PCM be reset. So I took it to the dealer and had it done. Then there was a recall on it, so I had it done again. I got a little better after the first one. After the 2nd it was about the same as original. Then it didn't do it very much, now it's doing it a lot again.

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Does it have an electronically controlled throttle? Might not be opening the throttle or opening it too much. What about a MAP sensor? Might not know how much air it has and can't get the air/fuel ratio right.

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We thought about the MAP sensor, but when I called the parts store to get one they claimed my truck didn't come with one. Thought about the fuel pump, but I don't remember why we decided not to go that route.

The problem is that it won't go over 25. It kind of bucks and won't go faster, then it will start to go. After that it runs fine.

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MAF (Mass Air Flow) is the one you may or may not have, depending on the type of FI you have. The MAF tells the computer how exactly much air is coming into the intake, so the fuel mix is more accurate. Older Fords (like an '86 Tempo) didn't use